Union leader claims return of military dictatorship tactic
Panama’s government is using tactics used by Panama’s military dictatorship and now being used by the Venezuelan government, says a...
Month: August 2010
Memories of the Dignity Battalion on the streets
What the Papers Say La Prensa, August 20 Democratic Change (CD)-the party whose leader is the President of the Republic,...
Peaceful protest march ends with harsh exchanges
A peaceful protest march in Panama calling for better health care and the repeal of contraversial Law 30, ended with...
New report raises death and injury figures for Bocas del Toro confrontation
Widely different figures for the deaths and injuries in the recent confrontations between police and strikers in Bocas del Toro...
Panama backing Canada for Security Council seat
The Canadian Minister of State for the Americas, Peter Kent, and Panama’s Vice President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela...
Business Executives claim crisis in Panamas justice system
The Panamanian Association of Business Executives APEDE says that there is "a crisis in the administration of justice and the...
Food for guns program has big haul
The National Police collected a total of 295 firearms in the early stages of a food-for-guns program in Panama City...
Some consensus in Law 30 roundtable discussions
The roundtable group installed created to revisit Panama's controversial Law 30 will allow for the discussion of all issues that...
When “marrying” in Panama can lead to job loss
By Your Man in Panama Marrying is not all that it’s made out to be, at least not in Panama...
Wire tapping allegations could put Administration prosecutor before the courts
Panama’s tangled web of wire tapping allegations is getting messier with reports that Panama’s ex administration prosecutor Oscar Ceville, could...
No rush to pick up license plate stickers
The drive is on to distribute license plate stickers to motorists in Panama who have been without them since the...
Two children dead six injured in night time boating collision
An after dark boating accident took the lives of two children and injured six others in the community of San...
